i knew i had to go to zimbabwe. but first day there we were stopped by the central intelligence agency. we had to be careful. he will stand by it silently while girls are harmed. -- he will not stand by silently while girls are harmed. >> you don't have to be so hard on yourself >> they heard of a girl who needed to be rescued. i was going to go out, but we never made it. >> they will be deported. am i was told by the u.s. embassy if i did not get out by the weekend that i would be raped or killed. these actions devastate the lives of women around the globe. >> i tried to forget what has happened to me and face life. all i could say it is try to be someone in life and you can do it. >> when the day is darkest you can be a star when you fall hardest you find out how strong you are >> we must become foot soldiers of change. >> have had little faith. >> thank you. [applause] >> i will leave you with one last quote from alice paul. she sounded an alarm that has great poignancy and significance today. she said, if we kee

we have an adopted daughter from zimbabwe and we were trying to get the visa to bring her we.com it finally may 7th. we already bought the tickets in faith. that could be a 2 hour segment. >> another conversion. >> having a kid is the biggest conversion right there. so on may 7th her visa came through on may 15th my father passed away and i went back to bury him. >> in new hampshire. >> wow. >> and on may 29th, san mateo called and said you are our candidate will you accept the candidacy. may 30th we left for zimbabwe and then we got back, then we got back with her, it was my 50th birthday, i preached at river side the next week and the week after that i candidated at san mateo. so it was -- i barely remember that time. >> we were living in the bay area, and all her aunties are chosen family, were in the bay area and we knew that we really needed that family structure for her, and especially coming from the communal culture she comes from, and so yeah, we chose to live in alameda we found a great school there for her and you know, the commute is not bad and it also helps me when i a

zimbabwe? >> reporter: the african nation of zimbabwe is run by another international pariah, robert mugabe, who has sent mercenaries to libya in return for qaddafi's petrol dollars. >> i was almost rendered speechless with the idea of he and mugabe together. >> he's very unlikely to think that's a very safe haven for very long. >> reporter: henry schuler, who has worked in libya on and off for 50 years, points out that mugabe is in his late 80s. he won't be around much longer to protect qaddafi from those who would prevent him from telling all he knows about terrorist networks and the black market in nuclear technology. >> these people will be looking for him and they have less scruples than we do and they may very well take him out if he's in zimbabwe. >> reporter: so not only is qaddafi a pariah, he's a pariah who knows too much. katie? >> couric: david martin at the pentagon, david, thank you. meanwhile, the gunman at the tucson massacre is officially charged with murder. a federal grand ju

top line inflation is running ahead of zimbabwe in the u.k. unemployment is going to set a new seventeen year high the entire post margaret thatcher period but a complete failure because that neo liberal model is intellectually bereft of anything that makes any for concerns speaking of bereft of anything that makes any sense these final two have lines here show you the real problem that we face in the world first is a tweet i saw japanese nuclear worker on the news i'm prepared to die to avoid meltdown so you have fifty workers in the nuclear power plant in fukushima who are in there with high radiation levels willing to die to save the rest of the world at least their country which is the exact opposite of what bankers did when faced with our financial meltdown they did everything to throw all of the toxic waste all of the risk all of the danger to their population and save themselves only it's an excellent point i mean can you imagine hank paulson going for congress and saying we. strike the banking system i'm going to fall on my story i'm g

there's an illusion of everything is ok in the first world whereas for example this inflation numbers zimbabwe doesn't know how to like do donek adjustment well i saw a headline actually that the inflation rate in zimbabwe now is less than the u.k. yeah so inflation in the u.k. top line inflation is running ahead of the bubble in the u.k. unemployment the u.k. just had a new seventeen year high the entire post margaret thatcher curry's been a complete failure because that neoliberal model is intellectually bereft of anything that makes any frankincense speak of bereft of anything that makes any sense these final three headlines here show you the real problem that we face in the world first is a tweet i saw japanese nuclear worker on the news i'm prepared to die to avoid meltdown so you have fifty workers in the nuclear power plant in fukushima who are in there with high radiation levels willing to die to save the rest of the world at least their country which is the exact opposite of what bankers did when faced with our financial meltdown they did everything to throw all of the toxic waste all

the united states has committed to continue its review of the targeted sanctions list for zimbabwe to ensure it remains current and addresses the concerns for which it was created. we hope that the events on the ground will allow us to take additional action to recognize progress in zimbabwe in the future, the goal of a peaceful, democratic zimbabwe remains foremost in any consideration of action. signed by barack obama, the white house, march 2, 2011. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from missouri, mr. aiken, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. akin: it's a treat to join you tonight to talk about a great crisis that our nation is facing. it is becoming apparent to americans not only do we have a problem with unemployment and jobs but a problem with the federal budget and the deficit and the spending and the taxing. all of those things that go into an economy. of these problems are far more significant, though, than i thi

nation that has failed to ratify the treaty, putting us and the company of somalia, sudan, iran, and zimbabwe. this past month and the halls of congress, we have seen an attack on american women like never before. instead of a clear focus on the budget and job creation, there has been a concentrated effort to limit women's rights. we have had a major push in congress to redefine rape to only those women who could prove that they fought back. this would exclude many victims of date rape, children who were raped. we had a legislator from georgia who wants to change the legal term. he but the word to the accuser. victims of lesser crimes like burglaries would remain victims. in south dakota, the bill was proposed that would make it legal to murder a doctor who basically provided a portion care. it would make it legal to kill the doctor. we have another bill, the international violence against women act, a sister bill to that which is the domestic bill. it creates a comprehensive program to address the violence and places women at the center of u.s. foreign policy for the first time in history. i

the ring closes around him and his sons, they would do better to bolt, to go somewhere, venezuela, zimbabwe and try to garner as many games as they can. because almost no one believes he can restore his state. he is never again going to be the unchallenged dictator of all libya. they do not have to fight all the way westward to tripoli, but the regime travels from within and they could get a rare -- fairly rapid success in this. this could go on for some considerable time. >> and yet another sign of unrest throughout the region. today, the entire cabinet in syria resigned. here, too, is in an attempt to quell a wave of protests in the last two weeks. the president and his supporters are making their voices heard in the street. >> contents of thousands on the street in damascus, the syrian capital. similar scenes in cities elsewhere in the country. but unlike other arab countries, these are protesters in favor of the ruler. the president has been in power since the year 2000. his father, for three years before that. but now, despite the crowds cheering for him, he faces an unprecedented chal

. >> if gaddafi ends up in a villa someplace in zimbabwe with no war crimes trial, is that ok with you? >> well, you know, that's not going to be my decision alone. i will tell you, though, that the first step is for gaddafi to send a signal that he understands the libyan people don't want him ruling anymore. that 40 years of tyranny is enough. s and once he makes that decision, i think the international community will come together and make a determination as to what the most appropriate way of facilitating him stepping down will be. >> of course, steve king ston is in washington for us. we were talking about president obama following his address, he was saying very much that america had done it bit perhaps, giving over control to nato on wednesday. now he's talking about arming the rebels. i mean, where does he stand on this? >> there's not necessarily a contradiction there. here in washington they're asking themselves the question, as things stand, can the rebels defeat gaddafi's forces? there are certainly some signs on the ground that the answer may well be no. so the americans ar

example like many just a highly maria the foreman i feel to be a leader he leaves peacefully in zimbabwe we all remember figures like. the like. well some of the dictators who were let to go. but my understanding is that it could duffy is not ready to go. ok now while everybody is so concerned about the situation in libya i think you're keeping an eye on another regions of africa for example for example the ivory coast where present presidents were on. a bad dog badly in the rain is there isn't one to two to concede with defeat and keeps on clinging to power russia may russia support international actions initiated for example by france and nigeria against well as an adult as for as strong of what is happening in cote d'ivoire now i think the best mechanism which can and should be used is the mechanism of consultations in the united nations when the situation goes out of control of the united nations we all know that bad things usually happen in africa and the mechanism or consultations in the united nations should be really very professional and should not be emotional of course there a

made it through to the quarterfinals of cricket's world cup but after a seven wicket victory over zimbabwe rain delays affected this match and pakistan were set to revise target of one hundred sixty two when thirty eight zero is middle order batsman aside should be making press it world cup day in school and seventy eight of ninety seven balls leaving his side of the season when pakistan is training at their last group to determine who finished top of the table. i am finally tickets have gone on so for the london twenty twelve olympics the clock marking a five hundred sixty go to the start of the games was unveiled in the capital yesterday over six and a half million tickets are now available to buy on london two thousand and twelve official website with prices ranging thirty dollars to thirty thousand dollars roves ride events we decided. to get buying all the sports moment here next but only if the well. if. it is easy. to. see. for the full some we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news maker on our teeth. on. it.

. >> reporter: if gadhafi winds up in a villa some place in zimbabwe, with no war crimes trial, is that okay with you? >> well, that's not going to be my decision alone. i will tell you, though, that the first step is for gadhafi to send a signal that he understands the libyan people don't want him ruling anymore. that 40 years of tyranny is enough. and, you know, once he makes that decision, i think the international community will come together and make a determination as to what the most appropriate way of facilitating him stepping down will be. >> reporter: have you made or would you make any calls to say take him? >> we have not gotten to that stage yet. >> reporter: we are hearing tonight it's fierce fighting. the u.s. must send munitions. how long would it take to get there? >> well, you know, i wouldn't speculate on that. i think it's fair to say that if we wanted to get weapons into libya, we probably could. we're looking at all our options at this point. but keep in mind what we've accomplished. we have instituted a no-fly sewn that can be sustained for quite some time because

around the world that people don't like you know china the democratic republic of congo you venezuela zimbabwe bahrain you can talk about so many places where you could have a humanitarian intervention but no it's libya this time a lot of people will say it's because of oil there's other issues of hubris the united states standing in the world we see the french and the british politicians that are not doing too well in the polls a little war might help them out it's actually few americans you know who would be like to do in the middle east the last forty years i mean it's you know humanitarian intervention is just a very odd term isn't it for what we're seeing. well i mean it's it's one of those sort of norms i suppose that sort of emerged in the early one nine hundred ninety s. especially poor ninety one iraq war sort of euphoria that the west can do collective security they can be militarily successful in it and they can have full legal backing and a regional support and i think that template and the euphoria of that sort of led led sort of an intervention to go on with things like bosnia an

how about zimbabwe? you know, you have the same kind of circumstances. i think the pressures were great. qaddafi is a man that is easy to hate. but this is not the only place there's violence in the region. there's violence in yemen. violence in bahrain. do we follow the same thing that we're going to protect the protestors at any cost? >> lehrer: that's the question, is it not? >> obviously you can't intervene everywhere. you don't conclude that you interfere nowhere. you have to make a judgment. what are the circumstances? and this particular case, once it became clear that there was a significant uprising in libya and once it became clear that qaddafi was setting out to crush it and to crush it absolutely brutally, not to respond to that would not only be morally dubious but it would be politically questionable because its after effects would be felt in bahrain in yemen, perhaps even in egypt. and elsewhere. we have tunisia, algeria and so forth. remember, the arab league came out quite clearly in opposing what he was doing. so we had no choice. now h

covertly to warn me that this could happen and he possibly could go live his days off in some you know zimbabwe or what is our history. just just fundamentally here and i'm sorry to go to cuba i have no idea what it was or. that there is in the constitution it explicitly says that only congress has the power to declare war it doesn't say that the president can declare war and in fact president shouldn't be declaring war and so if the if congress is sitting around arguing about whether or not to defund n.p.r. when they should be deciding whether or not we're going to war with this guy then they're not doing their jobs and republicans are totally screwing it up or that it's incumbent upon president obama personally because they get sixty days to do unilateral military action without a congressional authorization but beyond that it's incumbent upon the president who hasn't done this for two and a half years to go to congress as i need this done get it done and that includes ok i want to do a no fly zone in libya put together a resolution and pass it so i can science so i can go do it he hasn't don

of talk about intervention based on humanitarian needs but when we see what's been happening in zimbabwe in kind of a stand there's been no foreign intervention there but there and maybe a strategically strategically it's very important to know western business interests and of course it's all reserves is not a reason why that could well be foreign intervention. you know i agree with that statement to assert i agree with that statement but i think it can go deeper than that in terms of the analysis of what it's all about you know tunisia is not exactly an oil and oil heavyweight so to speak it was the first domino to fall under this under this separate of coordinated it seems are color revolutions so if i was going to look at it from another perspective i'd say yes the oil is very very important there's no question that in today's world if you're if you are in a position where we believe there is a strive towards global governance and you have a western powers who are focused on maintaining control the united states as an example has witnessed a severe severe attack to the confidence tha

europe and as many think they see in the united states the day from pseudo democracies like syrian zimbabwe where elections actually are held but only for show i think it separates them is the faith that people have that their voices being heard that their vote is being counted and that they believe that their representatives are actually representing them rather than special interest corporations billionaires tinpot dictator whatever people have faith if they have a say in which direction their nation is headed that's what creates a solid democracy and it's starting to look that americans more and more no longer have that faith it's so crucial to a healthy democracy but how can you blame what is our government done for us lately and by us i don't mean people who have six zeros in their annual salary. our nation is still reeling from a financial meltdown that sucked trillions of dollars out of our households and put working class americans out on the street jobless and homeless and what did our faithful government do to help those that were conned the people who claim to represent us handed

thousands of supporters of zimbabwe's president robert mugabe rallied today against economic sanctionsosed on their country. trucks and buses brought the mugabe supporters to an open field on the outskirts of harare. mugabe addressed the rally, and threatened to seize foreign businesses as retaliation. the sanctions target mugabe and his party leaders over human rights abuses. pope benedict the sixteenth has now proclaimed in a new book that the jewish people were not to blame for the death of jesus. the vatican officially adopted that position in 1965. in his book "jesus of nazareth, part two" benedict makes his own case by asking, "how could the whole people have been present at this moment of the crucifixion to clamor for jesus's death?" a holocaust survivors group said today the pope's statement helps, by confirming that view for a new generation of catholics. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and to a much anticipated free speech ruling from the u.s. supreme court. it upheld that the first amendment does protect the rights of protestors to

you had rwanda looking over what was happening in zimbabwe. it's so interremelated that a special envoy should not only deal with the problems of the congo, but to be able to coordnate, as a matter uganda was a recipient of a terrorist attack because uganda was assisting in somalia with their troops to protect the government of shaikh -- and without the ugandan troops there the situation would be much worse. well, that's all connected. that at the world cup game, uganda suffered the loss of 20-some of their citizens by al shabaab planting a bomb as people were simply watching the world cup because they were ugandan troops helping in somali. so it's all so connected that it seems it would certainly make a lot of sense that we do have an envoy especially to deal with the drc, but also to have the -- the surrounding countries they're involved in. the fact that so many -- and the tragedy of the congo, as i mentioned earlier with king leopold and houtcountry was just devastated and then once they decided to move forward, the -- the conspiracy of th

have said, if he can figure a place to go, venezuela where he has a friend in hugo i can't chez, in zimbabwe, that would be find, i am not sure if he has either of those retirement homes in mind. >> no. he said he is going to go down with his guns blazing, and sometimes people should be taken seriously when they say that. >> if he does go down, do you all have any sense that the american government have any sense of what a new libyan regime might look like initially? one of the points david made is very important, the administration still holds out to the people at qaddafi's side in tripoli the possibility that some of them could participate in the new government, you could actually have a coalition that has a lot of ex-qaddafi people. actually many of the leaders of the interim council in benghazi are ex-academy at this people. >> if you not a bad at this person you are probably not -- >> you haven't been in politics in libya for the last 40 years. so depending on how it comes out, sure, there are ways of seeing the outlines of a coalition that aren't as murky as they seem to those of us on

you had rwanda looking over what was happening in zimbabwe. it's so interremelated that a special envoy should not only deal with the problems of the congo, but to be able to coordnate, as a matter uganda was a recipient of a terrorist attack because uganda was assisting in somalia with their troops to protect the government of shaikh -- and without the ugandan troops there the situation would be much worse. well, that's all connected. that at the world cup game, uganda suffered the loss of 20-some of their citizens by al shabaab planting a bomb as people were simply watching the world cup because they were ugandan troops helping in somali. so it's all so connected that it seems it would certainly make a lot of sense that we do have an envoy especially to deal with the drc, but also to have the -- the surrounding countries they're involved in. the fact that so many -- and the tragedy of the congo, as i mentioned earlier with king leopold and houtcountry was just devastated and then once they decided to move forward, the -- the conspiracy of th

uganda was arguing and rwanda was looking at what was happening in zimbabwe. it is so interrelated, a special envoy should not only deal with the problems of the congo, but to be able to coordinate. as a matter of fact, uganda was a recipient of a terrorist attack, because uganda was assisting in somalia with their troops to protect the government of the transitional federal government and you had troops there. the situation would be much worse. it's all connected at the world cup game, uganda suffered the loss of 20 some of their citizens by a bomb as ep people were watching the world cup because troops of uganda were helping in somalia. it's all connected and it would make a lot of sense that we do have enenvoy and to have the surrounding countries there involved. and the fact that so many -- the tragedy of the congo with the king and how the country was devastated and once they decided to move forward, the conspiracy of the west to come together and have the murder, i'm glad we can't forget the past. if we know the past, we know what positions we are in. co

you had rwanda looking over wh was happening in zimbabwe. it's so interremelated that a special envoy should not only deal with the problems of the congo, but to be able to coordnate, as a matter uganda was a recipient of a terrorist attack because uganda was assisting in somalia with their troops to protect the government of shaikh -- and without the ugandan troops there the situation would be much worse. well, that's all connected. that at the world cup game, uganda suffered theoss of 20-some of their citizens by al shabaab planting a bomb as people were simply watching the world cup because they were ugandan troops helping in somali. so it's all so connected that it seems it would certainly make a lot of sense that we do have an envoy especially to deal with the drc, but also to have the -- the surrounding countries they're involved in. the fact that so many -- and the tragedy of the congo, as i mentioned earlier with king leopold and houtcountry was just devastated and then once they decided to move orward, the -- the conspiracy of the w